主演：DavidHarrison/GregoryAnderseee
导演：SethKramer/DanielA.Miller
语言：英语/西班牙语/俄语
地区:美国
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类型：纪录片
上映时间：2008-04-05
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用户标签：纪录片,语言学,语言,Documentary,美国,Language,2008,电影
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imdb编号：tt1172995
THELINGUISTSfollowsDavidHarrisonandGregoryAnderson,scientistsracingtodocumentlanguagesonthevergeofextinction.DavidandGreg’sround-the-worldjourneytakesthemdeepintotheheartofthecultures,knowledge,andcommunitiesatstake.
InSiberia,DavidandGregseektorecordtheChulymlanguage,whichhasn’tbeenheardbyoutsidersformorethanthirtyyears.ThelinguistsencounterremnantsoftheracistSovietregimethatmayhavesilencedChulymforgood.
InIndia,tribalchildrenattendboardingschools,wheretheylearnHindiandEnglish,atrade,andthepointlessnessoftheirnativetongues.SimilarboardingschoolsfortribalchildrenexistedintheUSthroughmostofthetwentiethcentury.DavidandGregtraveltothechildren’svillages,whereeconomicunresthasstirredaviolentMaoistinsurgency.Thelinguistswitnessthefearandpovertythathavedrivenyouthfromtheirnativecommunities.
InBolivia,theKallawayalanguagehassurvivedforcenturieswithfewerthanonehundredspeakers.DavidandGregtrekhighintotheAndestounlockitssecret.